Table 5.
Details of the questionnaires.
| Section | Item | |
|---|---|---|
| I. General items | Sex | Male/female |
| Age | Years | |
| Retired | Yes/no | |
| II. Disease specific items | Liver tumor | Primary |
| Comorbidities | Secondary | |
| III. Therapy related items | Medical consultant | |
| Current therapy | ||
| Regular medical follow-up | Yes/no | |
| Redo SRFA | Yes/no | |
| Fear of repeat SRFA | Yes/no | |
| Physical state after SRFA | Better/worse/equal | |
| IV. Symptoms after SRFA | Pain | Scale, duration |
| Fever | Yes/no, duration | |
| Poor wound healing | Yes/no | |
| Digestive disturbances | Yes/no, duration | |
| Reflux | Yes/no, duration | |
| Night sweats | Yes/no, duration | |
| Nausea/vomiting | Yes/no, duration | |
| Lack of appetite | Yes/no, duration | |
| Weakness | Yes/no, duration | |
| V. Other treatments (not SRFA) with comparison | Treatment | TACE, CTX, HR |
| Direct comparison of treatments | Side-effects | |
| Physical stress | ||
| Impairment | ||
| Preference | ||
| VI. Suggestions for Improvement | – | – |
| VII. SF-12 | Physical health related | General health (GH) |
| Physical functioning (PF) | ||
| Role physical (RP) | ||
| Body pain (BP) | ||
| Mental health related |
Vitality (VT) Social functioning (SF) Role emotional (RE) Mental health (MH) |